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Lyrical Ballads: With a Few Other Poems by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Wordsworth

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denhamreads's review against another edition

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With preface of 1800

zaydenblaze47's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny reflective sad slow-paced

3.5

cebulus's review

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4.0

the thorn was my favorite but also read:
advertisement 1798
preface 1802
The idiot boy
Simon Lee
Tintern Abbey
The leach gatherer
forsaken indian woman

stevmwhite's review

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reflective slow-paced

4.5

Even though I'm prejudiced generally in favor of classics I did not care overall for this collection and its style. I liked a few of the poems (Rime of the Ancient Mariner, The Nightingale, Tinturn Abbey), but I liked Rime a lot less than when I first read it in elementary school. I think the "asides" and forced rhyming got to me.

I picked this up because it was suggested by Hardcore Literature (Benjamin McEvoy) as a great complement to Middlemarch. I'll set it aside and try to come back to it later.

zannmato's review

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3.0

The original 1798 version without the preface. Certainly consolidates, in my mind, Coleridge as the better poet among the two.

juliethelenmayb's review

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challenging dark hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

petrareadssometimes's review

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5.0

The first edition's genesis was not as meticulously planned, as some might believe, and yet, the book is very cohesive, and all poems in it are up to a certain standard. I prefer Coleridge to Wordsworth, but still, both are rightfully outstanding poets in the English literary canon.

libellum_aphrodite's review

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2.0

Although I like nature, which Wordsworth goes on about ad infinitem, I found Wordsworth himself to be rather bossy, which diminished my enjoyment of his writings.